Fishermen vow to defy new Oregon fishing laws
Portland reports heated resistance as H C McAllister vows strict enforcement of two initiative bills. Fishermen announce they will ignore warnings posted along the Columbia River and seek court opinions on constitutionality. The measures limit gear and seasons for wheelmen and gillnetters, with licenses valid through March 31.
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Portland
H. C. Mc‘Allister
Oregon
Columbia River
Upper Columbia
Bad Loan Turns into Million-Dollar Quicksilver Mine
Chicago businessman H. E. Perry owned two Texas land sections near Terlingua. A goatherder found rich cinnabar ore, boosting Perry’s land value. He sold part of the property for 40,000 cash and now operates a mine yielding about 5,000 in quicksilver monthly, valued at over 1,000,000.
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Chicago
H. E. Perry
United States
Mr. Perry
Perry
Yellowstone Park garrison to be doubled for safety
In Washington on September 8 reports indicate the war department plans to double the Yellowstone National Park garrison. The concern follows a recent highwayman holdup of seven coaches carrying 120 passengers, underscoring the need for stricter park supervision.
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Washington
War Department
Yellowstone National Park
Touris
Ads Get Recruits in Navy Advertising Shift
Advertising for naval recruitment will favor want ads over display formats as the Navy Department increases funding for recruitment efforts. The shift prioritizes classified advertisements to attract potential enlistees over broader display campaigns.
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Washington, Sept. S
Navy Department
Young Folks Drawing Device for True Perspective
A simple camera like drawing device using a 45 degree mirror and glass base enables anyone to draw scenes with correct perspective. No lens required. blackened interiors and peek hole improve view. folding frame and tripod support make it portable. Popular Mechanics explains the optical setup and quick sketch method.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Endorsed By Women
Miss Lillian Ross and others praise Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for irregularities nervous headaches and prostration after other remedies failed. The ad cites thirty years of use as a standard female remedy addressing displacements inflammation ulcers fibroid tumors and other pains inviting sick women to write for advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
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Lillian Ross
East 14Th Street
New York
Lydia E. Pinkham
Katharine Craig
Lafayette St
Denver
Col
Lydia KB. Pinkham
Marie Stoltzman
Laurel
Ellen M. Olson
N. East St
Kevanes
Ill
Cupid Comes Alphabet Game Ends With Forfeit Rule
Describes a party word game where players answer how Cupid comes using adjectives starting with each letter of the alphabet and ending with ing. Variants use ly endings and rotations by letter. Reuse incurs a forfeit.
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Cupid
Stereoscope Magic Lantern and Invisible Ink Recipe
An inventive Frenchman applies stereoscope optics to a magic lantern, enabling round 3D pictures with spectacles. Also describes making invisible ink from zaffre cobalt oxide that reveals green writing when heated and vanishes as it cools.
Kinship Poem from Youth's Companion
A verse celebrating kinship and protection from a child’s perspective. The speaker addresses a sister and a bird, expressing familial love under shared sun and stars. The poem references Heavenly Father and whispers a protective parental prayer within a familial bond.
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Heavenly Father
The Popping Stone at Gilsland and Scott’s Marriage Tale
The Popping Stone marks the spot where Sir Walter Scott proposed to Miss Carpenter at Gilsland in the Irthing valley near Carlisle. The site draws thousands in summer, with nearby Mumps Ha and the Roman wall also drawing visitors, while other regional attractions include Lanercost Priory. In a separate note, a child imagines a large doll family, expressing poverty, and a mother overhears the scene noting the family’s hardship.
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Sir Walter Scott
Miss Carpenter
Irthing
Gilsland
Carlisle
Scott
Guy Mannering
Wleptomania Quip Cited By Cleveland Leader
A Cleveland Leader quip contrasts chronic illness costs with a witty comeback about a supposed condition. The exchange reflects humor in medical complaints and financial burden themes.
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Wleptomania
Cleveland
Quote snippets reflect punchy newspaper quips from 19th century critics
The brief exchange cites the New York Press lampooning a cigar incident and a joke writer’s rural gags, then the Atchison Globe noting that early decent sense cures folly. The pieces capture humor and commentary from era newspapers.
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Tlewitt
Jewett
New York Press
Doan's Kidney Pills Prove Cure for Kidney Distress
A Montesano Washington resident shares a year of backache and swelling before using Doan's Kidney Pills. He reports notable relief, reduced pains, vanished dropsy, and improved health after use. The advertisement urges readers to visit The Red Cross Drug Store and note other Aberdeen testimonials.</s>
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Dean
J. N. Markham
Academy Addition
Montesano
Wash
Aberdeen
Red Cross Drug Store
Focter-Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
Doan’s
Not a Square Deal Tariff Opinion by a Leading Detroit Merchant
Detroit business leader J. L. Hudson argues for tariff reduction, criticizing protection as unfair and favoring a system that lowers prices for buyers while limiting trusts. He cites cross border trade with Canada, calls tariffs a revenue necessity but mainly harmful, and urges a square deal for all. He warns protections foster monopolies and corruption.
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Steel Trust
America
Canada
Tam
J. L. Hudson
Duty on Raw Materials Hurts Cattle Trade and Industry
The piece argues high import duties on raw materials, including live cattle, hinder domestic industries. It cites the New York Journal of Commerce criticizing duties on cotton wool hides and skins and notes England could lower barriers to feed cattle locally. It asserts turning materials into finished goods benefits capital and labor more than exporting raw products.
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United States
New York Journal of Commerce
England
Senator Stephenson Urges Clear Tariff Revision Path
Wisconsin Republican Senator and longtime lumberman says he favored lowering the tariff twenty years ago but notes peers did not. he asserts the people want tariff revision and warns they will trust those who plainly state the direction of change rather than who claim to know best.
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Stephenson
Wisconsin
Tax lien foreclosure notice in Chehalis County
In Chehalis County Washington F E Jones holder of Certificate of Delinquency 2638 dated September 30 1905 seeks foreclosure for taxes 1903 1904 and costs on the NW SW quarter Section 34 Township 18 N Range 9 W M. W Snellman and unknown owners urged to answer within sixty days from August 13 1908 or face judgment.
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State of Washington
Chehalis
F. E. Jones
W. Snellman
Chehalis County
W. M
State of
Washington
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